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Clashes between political rivals kill 2 in eastern India

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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, revolutionary poet Varavara Rao, center, followed by Deepa, niece of Maoist leader Kishenji who was killed Thursday, walk to lodge a complaint against his killing, in Kolkata, India. Indian police have arrested Rao and four other rights activists for suspected links to Maoists in raids on their homes and offices at several places in the country Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. &quot;All these people have history of working to protect the rights of some of India’s most poor and marginalized people. Their arrests raise disturbing questions about whether they are being targeted for their activism,” said Aakar Patel, executive director of Amnesty International India. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

India arrests 5 rights activists for alleged Maoist links

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Smoke emits as fire brigade personnel try to douse a fire on the 12th floor of Crystal Tower, a residential building in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug.22, 2018. Four people were killed and 12 others were injured according to officials. (AP Photo/Emmanual Yogini)

Fire in 17-story building in India’s Mumbai kills 4

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

A house is partially submerged in flood waters in Chengannur in the southern state of Kerala, India, Sunday, Aug.19, 2018. Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century. (AP Photo)

Indians begin massive cleanup as rains diminish in Kerala

By AIJAZ RAHI - Associated Press

New York hosts biggest US celebration of Indian independence

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A truck carries people past a flooded road in Thrissur, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. Rescuers used helicopters and boats on Friday to evacuate thousands of people stranded on their rooftops following unprecedented flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala that killed hundreds, officials said. (AP Photo)

800,000 displaced in flooding in southern Indian state

By AIJAZ RAHI - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, senior Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, center, leaves after a meeting at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India. India's top leaders and politicians are visiting the New Delhi hospital where doctors say Vajpayee is in critical condition after a prolonged illness. (AP Photo/Sebastian John, File)

Former Indian PM Vajpayee in critical condition in hospital

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FILE - In this May 2, 2004 file photo, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee greets the audience as he arrives for a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India. Former prime minister Vajpayee, who pursued both nuclear weapons and peace talks with Pakistan, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, at age 93. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

India’s Vajpayee, who set off nuke race and peace, has died

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Flash flood sweeps away 11 picnickers in India

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FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2016 file photo, a shopkeeper prepares a garland with Indian 10 Rupees denomination notes (USD $0.15), used particularly to garland grooms on their wedding day, in Jammu, India. The Indian rupee has fallen to an all-time low against the U.S. dollar amid worries over Turkey’s growing financial crisis. Indian Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chander Garg told reporters that there was “nothing at this stage to worry” about after the rupee reached 70.1 to the dollar earlier Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

Indian rupee falls to all-time low against dollar

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

A woman sells Indian national flag memorabilia on the eve of Independence Day in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Modi says India will send manned flight into space by 2022

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

People whose names were left out in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft stand to collect forms to file appeals in Mayong, 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. A draft list of citizens in Assam, released in July, put nearly 4 million people on edge to prove their Indian nationality. Nativist anger churns through Assam, just across the border from Bangladesh, with many believing the state is overrun with illegal migrants. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Millions in limbo as nativist anger roils Indian state

By RISHI LEKHI - Associated Press

Water gushes out following heavy rain and landslide in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. Landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed more than a dozen people in southern India, cutting off road links and submerging several villages. (AP Photo)

Landslides caused by monsoon rains kill 19 in southern India

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Swedish IKEA opens first single-brand retail store in India

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In this April 13, 2018, file photo, Anish Bhanwala of India shoots during the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol final at the Belmont Shooting Centre during the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. At 15 and still at high school, Anish was India's youngest gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast in April when he won the 25-meter rapid fire pistol shooting event in a meet record. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, File)

Young India shooter Anish Bhanwala targets gold at Asiad

By RIZWAN ALI - Associated Press

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India’s National Register of Citizens anarchy

By Sarosh Bana

Kashmir fighting leaves 4 Indian soldiers, 2 rebels dead

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A woman whose brother was killed inside the residence of Farooq Abdullah, India's member of parliament and Kashmir's former top elected official, argues with Indian security officers outside the residence, on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Security guards posted at the residence of Abdullah shot and killed a young man after he allegedly forced his entry into the residence on Saturday, top police officer S.P. Vaid said. Vaid said the man traveling in a car was unarmed and gatecrashed into the residence in southern Jammu city. He scuffled with security guards before he was shot to death. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indian army targets rebel funeral; 1 killed, 2 injured

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Indian police seal shelters for alleged female sexual abuse

By INDRAJIT SINGH - Associated Press

Illustration on the Christian minority in India by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why India must reconsider its anti-conversion laws

By Joseph D'Souza